BCSD Has Hired a Winner?

Do we finally have somebody at the helm of the BCSD that thinks logically and rationally?
Just five weeks into the job the interim Superintendent is making some bold proposals – bold only because they are being made here in Beaufort – everywhere else his proposals would be just plain common sense.
He has proposed putting the entire district on the same calendar to save money. Jeez, why couldn’t somebody else think of that before now? Imagine a standardized calendar so that all district functions and activities could be coordinated logistically and administratively, parents wouldn’t have children in different schools on different schedules.
Then there’s the idea to have somebody oversee SODEXHO, gosh another common-sense, and obvious, idea. Imagine holding a contractor accountable . . . I hope that this oversight extends to all of the contractor-provided services within BCSD. On a side note, only BT included this little tidbit in the story about McDaniel’s recommendations, the “other two” local papers didn’t even address the subject. Thanks to Ms. Huckaby for objective reporting ! ! ! ! ! !
And I really like this one – looking at our current attendance zones to better utilize existing classroom space. This is so blatantly obvious that it makes one wonder why it has never been proposed before now.
Tied into studying attendance zones is the idea to move the District offices to Beaufort Elementary, a cost-effective means of obtaining needed space for District administrative staff AND making use of unused space/capacity at Beaufort Elementary. For those of you who aren’t aware, Beaufort Elementary has NEVER even come close to reaching it’s design capacity. McDaniel shines the light of accountability on this area of long-standing mismanagement by telling us that the entire second floor is not needed by the school.
It remains to be seen how the School Board reacts to these proposals. One can only hope that McDaniel’s lesson in common-sense leadership does not fall on the previously deaf ears of the School Board.